Leading sire and Grade 1 winner Storm Cat was euthanized on Wednesday at the Young family’s Overbrook Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, at the age of 30 due to complications from infirmities of old age.
SARAH WHITELAW: So who are the young generation of stallions who could yet turn the tide for a weakened band of US sires?
Storm Cat’s name will be around in pedigrees of top-class thoroughbreds for years to come, but itremains to be seen how deep his legacy will be with his grandsons.
The American-bred son of Storm Cat, Carpocrates has his first crop of 2yo’s racing this season
ROBYN LOUW: Why do we race horses. For fun, for money or for the glory of the game? There are as many different motivations as there are people and horses.
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
